New Jersey implemented a similar system shortly after Hurricane Sandy battered the region last week. That system seems to have quelled long lines in the Garden State, unlike here in New York.

Under the requirements of the new mandate, drivers with license plates ending in an even number will be able to purchase fuel only on even-numbered days and drivers with license plate numbers that end in an odd number will be able to purchase fuel only on odd-numbered days. Vanity plates without numbers will be considered odd-numbered plates.

While out-of-state drivers will be subject to the same odd-even rules, the policy does not apply to commercial vehicles, taxi or limousine fleets or emergency fleets. Similarly, those filling up handheld gas canisters will not be subjected to any such limitations.

Lines at gas stations remained hours long more than a week after Hurricane Sandy hit the region. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would not be implementing an odd-even system for the state, instead leaving the decision up to the individual counties.

Cuomo said a partial failure of a terminal served by the Buckeye Pipeline, which pumps about 4.5 million gallons of gas per day into the New York City and Long Island area, occurred due to power failures late last night caused by the nor’easter.

While power was restored this morning, there was an interruption in the fuel supply chain, Cuomo said.

This type of system had not been implemented in New York since the oil crisis of the 1970s.